{"id":924,"date":"2005-04-21T02:57:27","date_gmt":"2005-04-21T08:57:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.saic.edu\/cate\/?p=924"},"modified":"2025-01-10T08:47:04","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T14:47:04","slug":"lipstick-dynamite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.saic.edu\/cate\/2005\/04\/21\/lipstick-dynamite\/","title":{"rendered":"Lipstick &amp; Dynamite"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>Thursday, April 21, 2005, 8pm<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.saic.edu\/cate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2009\/07\/lipstick-and-dynamite-20050407083036577-001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2207 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.saic.edu\/cate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2009\/07\/lipstick-and-dynamite-20050407083036577-001.jpg\" alt=\"lipstick-and-dynamite-20050407083036577-001\" width=\"450\" height=\"355\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><em>Ruth Leitman in person!<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><em>Conversations at the Edge<\/em> is delighted to present this special screening event with acclaimed documentary filmmaker and FVNM faculty member Ruth Leitman and the SAIC premiere of her celebrated documentary about \u201cthe Golden Gals of the Mat,\u201d <em>Lipstick &amp; Dynamite<\/em>. With the success of her former feature-length docs <em>Wildwood, New Jersey<\/em> and <em>Alma<\/em>, it is no surprise that her latest film about \u201cthe first ladies of wrestling\u201d has been met with huge success at festivals worldwide and will begin theatrical runs this spring. <em>Blender<\/em> magazine called <em>Lipstick &amp; Dynamite<\/em>, \u201cUtterly enthralling\u2026the first film ever to appeal to feminist study groups and Hulk Hogan fans alike.\u201d Full of outstanding archival footage of wrestlers like The Fabulous Moolah and Johnnie Mae Young, <em>Lipstick &amp; Dynamite<\/em> deals with the lives of hardship and hard work these superstars of the ring created for themselves. With all the sex, money, injuries and intrigue that dominated their lives on the road, the competitive passion these women have for their sport shines through in Leitman\u2019s touching portrait of women who lived hard, and fought even harder. 2005, Ruth Leitman, USA, 83 min, 35mm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoBodyText\">A special SAIC reception to celebrate this applauded faculty member and her latest achievements will precede the screening at 7pm. (KJ Mohr)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday, April 21, 2005, 8pm Ruth Leitman in person! Conversations at the Edge is delighted to present this special screening event with acclaimed documentary filmmaker and FVNM faculty member Ruth Leitman and the SAIC premiere of her celebrated documentary about \u201cthe Golden Gals of the Mat,\u201d Lipstick &amp; Dynamite. With the success of her former [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.saic.edu\/cate\/2005\/04\/21\/lipstick-dynamite\/\">Read More&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> from Lipstick &amp; Dynamite<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":198,"featured_media":2207,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[115,423,450,516,615],"class_list":["post-924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-10","tag-chicago","tag-monographic-shows","tag-non-fiction","tag-saic-alumni","tag-usa"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.saic.edu\/cate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.saic.edu\/cate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.saic.edu\/cate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.saic.edu\/cate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/198"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.saic.edu\/cate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=924"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.saic.edu\/cate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/924\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10064,"href":"https:\/\/sites.saic.edu\/cate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/924\/revisions\/10064"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.saic.edu\/cate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.saic.edu\/cate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.saic.edu\/cate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.saic.edu\/cate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}